Conferences Overview

Current Conferences

HIT provide a complete conference organising service to customers primarily in the health, social services and academic sectors on topics such as cannabis, improving heart health, reduction of drug related harm, health promotion for drug users, teenage pregnancy, and substance use and related health issues. Events range in size from less than 100 delegates to more than 1000.

HIT will:

• Select the conference venue and other related suppliers
• Provide on-site management, including the training of volunteers and staff
• Organise marketing, including conference advertising, design and printing
• Register conference delegates
• Produce the scientific programme, including abstract review systems
• Organise accommodation and travel arrangements
• Organise the social programme and hospitality services
• Ensure that the event is delivered in line with the agreed budget

For further information on commissioning conference services please see conference enquiries.

Recent events we have organised include:

• 3rd Perspectives on Cannabis Conference, Liverpool 2006
• 2nd Perspectives on Cannabis Conference, Liverpool, 2005
• Preventing Violence: From Global Perspectives to National Action, Liverpool, 2005
• Safer Nightlife in the North West of England, Blackpool, 2004
• Perspectives on Cannabis, Liverpool, 2004
• Halton Drug Action Team: Models of Care Seminar, Halton, 2003
• Inside/Outside: Service Provision for Substance Misusers in Liverpool Prison, Liverpool, 2003
• The 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference, Manchester, 2002
• Cannabis: Shaping a New Agenda, Liverpool, 2002
• Substance Misuse and the Criminal Justice System, St. Asaph, 2001
• The Heart of the Matter. What can you do to Improve Heart Health? Liverpool, 2001
• The 11th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Jersey, 2000
• Encouraging Health Promotion for Drug Users within the Criminal Justice System Conference, Hamburg, 2000
• Teenage Pregnancy: Promoting Partnerships Conference, Wigan, 2000
• The 1st International Conference on Night-Life, Substance Use and Related Health Issues, Amsterdam, 1999
• The 3rd Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Manchester, 1998

For general conference enquiries please email conferences@hit.org.uk

The International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm

HIT's experience of managing conferences originated with the annual International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm. The First International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm took place in Liverpool in 1990 as a response to the interest shown in what was happening in the region. The conference has been held on an annual basis throughout the world since then and has become a powerful instrument in exporting the concept of harm reduction.

The annual International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm has been held in Liverpool, 1990; Barcelona, 1991; Melbourne, 1992; Rotterdam, 1993; Toronto, 1994; Florence, 1995; Hobart, 1996; Paris, 1997; São Paulo, 1998; Geneva, 1999; Jersey, 2000; New Delhi, 2001; Ljubljana, 2002; and Chaing Mai, 2003; Melbourne, 2004; Belfast, 2005. The 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm will take place in Vancouver, Canada, April 30 - May 4 2006.